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vJ. B. NESBIT. TUMBLBR WASHER.

No. 579,600. Patented Manso, 1897.

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JOSEPH BAILEY NESBIT, OF SUNB'URY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I'IALFTO PETER P. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

'TUWELEE-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,600, dated March30, 1897.

' Application ned Matha, 1896. serrano. 534,804.. cromati.)

T CLU 10720177/ 77ml/ COW/GWW l quickly and conveniently. Upon the oppo-Beit known that I, JOSEPH BAILEY NESBIT, site end of the hub there is aprojecting a citizen of the United States, residing at spindle 16,having a screw-threaded portion Sunbury, in the county of Northumberland17. The threaded portion passes through a 55 and State of Pennsylvania,have invented central hole in the end 2 of the casing, and certain newand useful Improvements in the casing is clamped to the hub by meansfumbler-Vashers, ot which the following is of a washer 1S and nut 19, asshown in Fig. 2. aspecification. There is a central brush 20, the stemof This invention relates to improvements in which is provided with asleeve 21, adapted 60 Io that class of tumbler- Washers in which to iitthe end of the spindle 16. The brush brushes are carried within arevolving casing 2O is thus held centrally in the casing of the for thepurpose of washing drinking-glasses, washer, and at the same time it canbe quickly such as are used at bars and soda-fountainsremoved. Forwashing large glasses I use a The present invention consists in variouslarge central brush and attach side brushes 65 improvements in thedetails of construction directly to the wall of the casing. As shown, ofsuch tumbler-washers, a full, clear, and there are two of these brushes22, each coneXact description of which will be found in sisting of apair of wires wound together the following specification, referencebeing spirally. with bristles clamped between them. had to theaccompanyingdrawings,in whichm One end of each brush is held in a loopor 7o zo Figure1isasideviewofthetumbler-washer staple 23, and the otherend by a hook 24.

in operative position. Fig. 2 is a longitudi- These side brushes can bevery quicklyplaced v nal central sectional View, and Fig. 3 is a inposition simply by inserting one end of cross-section taken on the line3 3 of Fig. 2.A the wire in the loop 23 and passing the other Referringto the drawings, 1 indicates a end into the hook 24. 75 cylindricalcasing which is closed at the end For washing small glasses I remove thecen- 2 and partially closed at the opposite end by tral brush and placea smaller brush on. the an inturned iiange 3, andhavinga large censpindle 16. In order to be able to use the tral opening 4, through whichthe glasses may same-sized brushes on the sides for either be insertedto be washed. This tumblerlarge or small glasses, I sometimes attach 8o3o washer is intended to be used with a suitable brackets 25 to theinner wall of the casing 1, motor. In the drawings I have showna waandupon these brackets the brushes 22 can ter-motor 5, attached to asupport 6, the wabe supported by means of loops 23 and hooks ter beingsupplied through a pipe 7 and dis- 24. Brushes for washing small glassesare charged through'the pipe 8. The pipe 7 is indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 3. WVhen it 85 3 5 provided with a valve 0 for starting andregis desired to wash small glasses, the brushes nlating the speed ofthe motor. 'In some inwhich are attached directly to the casing stancesI may use an electric or other motor, need not be removed, Ait beingsimply necesbut where practicable water will be most ecosary to attachthe brushes to the brackets 25. nomical, for the reason that the samewater Then larger glasses are to be washed, the 9o 4o which runs themotor may be used to rinse brushes are removed from the brackets 25,,the glasses. and a large central brush mounted on the The casing of thetumbler-washer is mountspindle 16. ed on a shaft 10 of the motor in thefollowing' The operation is as follows: The brushes manner: A hub 11 isprovided with a socket are placed in position, as shown in Figs. 2 9512, into which the end of the shaft iits, and and 3, and the washer ismounted on the shaft a set-screw 13 for clamping the hub on the of themotor, as shown in Fig. 1. The valve shaft, the set-screw having a longstem, the 9 is then opened,and the cylinder and brushes outer end ofwhich is supported in a bracket begin to revolve. A little water istaken into 14E on the end of the casing, and a handle 15, the glass andthrown into the cylinder, and Ioo 5o which projects beyond the casing.This enthe glass is then inserted through the hole 1 ables me to attachand detach the casing until the central brush extends to the bottom ofit. The revolution of the cylinder will distribute the Water over thebrushes, and any dirt or liquid adhering to the glass Will be quicklyloosened. The glass is then removed and rinsed with Water, which maybeobtained f rom the discharge-pipe of the motor. Vhen the Washer becomesfoul, it can be quickly removed by loosening the thumb-screw I3, and theinterior can be thoroughly rinsed out Without removing the brushes.

The casing may be made of galvanized iron or other sheet metal at very'slight cost. I have adapted the Washer for the use of brushescomposedbf bristles clamped in spirally-Wound wire, and such brushes canbe obtained at a very 10W cost, so that the eX- pense of renewing themis inconsiderable. On these brushes the bristles surround the Wire, andWhen they are attached to the sides of the casing the bristles 0n oneside are fiattened out and they serve as springs to hold the brushtightly in its fastenings. The central brush can be formed by bending`one of these Wire-core brushes around a central stem, as shown.

Having described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. In a tumbler-Washer the combination with a cylindrical casing, of acentral spindle fixed to one end thereof, a central brush removablyconnected with said spindle, and side brushes removably connected to theinner Wall of the casing, one end of each side brush being inserted in aloop and the other end in a suitable hook, substantially as described.

2. In a tumbler-Washer, the combination With the cylindrical casingrotatably mounted upon a shaft, of the central spindle and the centralbrush detachably mounted 0n said spindle, inwardly-projecting bracketson the interior of the casin g, side brushes, and means for attachingsaid side brushes to the Walls of the casing and to saidinwardly-projecting brackets, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BAILEY NESBIT.

"Witnesses:

J. SIMPSON KLINE, WM. 1I. SOBER.

